EU Rule Adoption in Poland

Abstract

This chapter examines the dynamics of EU rule adoption in Poland between 1997 and 2002. It finds that, during this period, the dynamics of legal alignment was subject to significant variation. In 1997–1999, the Polish cabinet had a low transposition record. From 2000, that record had improved and remained at a high level until 2001 when it deteriorated to a medium level. The year 2002 brought a return to a high level of transposition. The chapter closes by concluding that, although policy type, actor preferences, and ministerial resources were likely to have some impact on the variation in EU rule adoption, the effect of those variables is not sufficient to fully account for the variation and leaves ample room for other explanations.